VOL. XXXII

NO. 49

11-SEPTEMBER-1989

IRAQ

Joint Iraqi-British Study of Northern Fields

The Oil Exploration Company of Iraq and British Gas will conduct a jointstudy of oilfields in northern Iraq, according to an agreement signed lastweek in Baghdad by Dr. Hashim al-Kharasan, Director General of the OilExploration Company of Iraq, and Mr. Cedric Brown, British Gas Director ofExploration and Production. The agreement calls for an 18-month study todetermine the hydrocarbon reserve potential of a 1,200...